This is what the outcome was of the culvert getting ripped out of the ground. The road stayed this way for at least a month because we live on a township road with minimal traffic. It’s a good thing we never needed an ambulence during that time!

Flooding in 2004 ripped the culvert pipe right out of the road. I was just about to leave for work when it happened. We stood there and watched the pipe come up out of the ground (sort of like the titanic) and then wash down the creek and get stuck.

Naturally, I emailed this picture to my boss to explain why I wouldn’t be in that day. 🙂 The roads all around us were washed out.

Dora (the kitten) is most likely a half sister to Harley. Same father, different mother. We try to trap the strays around the farm and take them to be spayed, but sometimes it’s next to impossible to get them. This picture was taken July 2005. Dora went to live with my sister-in-law’s boss, who is a vet.

Bella almost didn’t make it. Her two other triplet siblings didn’t. It was a difficult birth for the mother. Bella was very cold and so I brought her in the house to warm her and feed her. She is now 3 months old and a hoot to watch as she skips and jumps and butts heads with the other goats in the pasture.